This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 21st


1976: Keith Moon played his final live concert with the Who at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on the final date of the band’s 1976 tour. Afterward, Moon played with the Who in a couple of special gigs filmed for the band’s The Kids Are Alright documentary, the last of which occurred in late May of 1978.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 21st


1974 - Queen's single "Killer Queen" was released.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 21st


A few albums that was released....


1997 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Bosnia ► Hard Rock

2003 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Live At The Atlanta International Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970 ► Southern Rock

2003 ● Rush —— Rush In Rio ► Prog/Art Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1969 Led Zeppelin II was released on Atlantic Records in the UK. The Jimmy Page produced album which was recorded over six months between four European and three American tours, peaked at No.1 in both the UK and US, going on to sell over 12 million copies in the US alone, (and spending 138 weeks on the UK chart). The album is now recognized by writers and music critics as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums ever recorded.

2017 Australian musician, songwriter and record producer George Young died aged 70. Young, the brother of AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young, was a member of the Easybeats and co-wrote the band's 1966 hit 'Friday On My Mind'. Born in Scotland in 1946, he migrated to Australia with his family as a teenager, forming The Easybeats after he met Dutch-born artist Harry Vanda in Sydney. After the band broke up in 1969, Vanda and Young embarked on a songwriting career that saw the pair produce dozens of hits. They became two of Australia's best-known songwriters, with Young's work including 'Love Is In The Air' and 'Yesterday's Hero' both hits for John Paul Young.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1988 Elton John sold out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time.

2020 78-year-old Derek Quinn, lead guitarist for the British Invasion group Freddie And The Dreamers, passed away shortly after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The band placed four songs on the Billboard Top 40 in 1965, including the number one hit, "I'm Telling You Now".

2021 Jay Black, lead singer of Jay And The Americans, passed away of complications from pneumonia at the age of 82. After taking over from John Traynor in 1963, Black, whose real name was David Blatt, led the band to nine Billboard Top 40 hits, including "Come A Little Bit Closer" (#3 in 1964), "Cara Mia" (#4 in 1965) and "This Magic Moment" (#6 in 1969).

2025 Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was laid to rest in a private ceremony in the Bronx attended by family, friends and the three other founding members of the band, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1976 - Bob Seger released his ninth studio album, Night Moves. It was his first with the Silver Bullet Band, a group of Detroit-area musicians that help launched Seger to national acclaim.

1990 - Pearl Jam played their first-ever concert, held at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle. At the time, the band operated under the name Mookie Blaylock, named for an NBA player; they signed to Epic Records and changed their name to Pearl Jam shortly thereafter. Except for then-drummer Dave Krusen, the rest of the band's lineup is the same as it is today: Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass). A blocky VHS video of the band's very first gig can be viewed on YouTube.

1998 - Bob Dylan performed in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota, for the first time since the 1960s. The gig, held at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, sold out in five hours. According to MPR News’ Bob Kelleher, reporting on Oct. 22, 1998, the concert even drew fans from England. Kelleher spoke to Brian and Pam Clark from Warrington in the north of England, who had seen Dylan in concert dozens of times. “But I've always wanted to see him in the States,” Brian Clarke said. “When I saw Duluth on the tour list, I thought, ‘That's the place.’”


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1942 Rock singer Bobby Fuller, known for his hit "I Fought The Law" with his group The Bobby Fuller Four, is born in Baytown, Texas, but raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1945 Guitarist Leslie West (of Mountain) is born Leslie Weinstein in New York City.

1946 Eddie Brigati (singer/tambourine player for The Young Rascals) is born in Garfield, New Jersey.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1964: Mod rockers The High Numbers failed their audition with EMI Records, but within a year, the group found success on the Brunswick label as The Who.

1966: Simon & Garfunkel released “A Hazy Shade of Winter,” which later peaked at #13 on Billboard Hot 100. Recorded in September during sessions for their third album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, it was not included on an album until their next LP, Bookends, in 1968

1982: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released “You Got Lucky,” the lead single from their fifth studio album, Long After Dark.

2001: The Cranberries released their fifth studio album, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 22nd


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Elton John —— Blue Moves ► Pop-Rock

1976 ● Led Zeppelin —— The Song Remains The Same ► Hard Rock

1987 ● Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller —— Classical Gas ► Folk-Rock

1991 ● Tina Turner —— Simoly The Best ► Pop-Rock

1996 ● Journey —— Trial By Fire ► Prog/Art Rock

1996 ● Van Halen —— Best Of Van Halen, Vol. I ► Hard Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 23rd


1947 Rock bassist Greg Ridley (of Humble Pie) is born Alfred Gregory Ridley in Aspatria, Cumberland, England.

1964 Robert Trujillo (bassist for Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies) is born in Santa Monica, California.

1995 Def Leppard play shows on three different continents in the same day, starting in Tangier (Africa), then London (Europe), and finally Vancouver (North America). Each show is an acoustic set running 45 minutes; they take the Concorde to the last one, which gets them in Vancouver for a 9 p.m. performance.


source: calendarsongfacts